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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 31 Citations 5,087 68 World Ranking 8417 National Ranking 4604

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Anxiety
  • Psychiatry
  • Social psychology

His primary areas of investigation include Dental fear, Anxiety, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology and Arousal. In his work, Dental Phobia is strongly intertwined with Dentistry, which is a subfield of Dental fear. His Anxiety research includes themes of Pain catastrophizing, Chronic pain and Activities of daily living.

Phobic disorder, Blood phobia and Anxiety disorder are the core of his Psychiatry study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Antecedent and Anticipatory anxiety in addition to Clinical psychology. His Arousal research integrates issues from Structured interview and Fainting.

His most cited work include:

  • Origins and Characteristics of Fear of Dentistry (571 citations)
  • The assessment of dental fear (215 citations)
  • Cultural factors in social anxiety: a comparison of social phobia symptoms and Taijin kyofusho. (188 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Anxiety, Clinical psychology, Psychiatry, Anxiety disorder and Phobias. His Anxiety research incorporates themes from Developmental psychology, Physical therapy and Psychotherapist, Coping. His work carried out in the field of Clinical psychology brings together such families of science as Basic science, Dental fear, Cognitive science, Reliability and Cross-cultural studies.

His Dental fear research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Arousal, Dentistry, Dental care, Overt behavior and Antecedent. His Psychiatry study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Structured interview. His Anxiety disorder research incorporates elements of Panic disorder and Psychogenic disease.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Anxiety (33.82%)
  • Clinical psychology (29.41%)
  • Psychiatry (29.41%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1995-2012)?

  • Anxiety (33.82%)
  • Anxiety disorder (20.59%)
  • Clinical psychology (29.41%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Ronald A. Kleinknecht mainly focuses on Anxiety, Anxiety disorder, Clinical psychology, Psychiatry and Psychometrics. His work in the fields of Claustrophobia overlaps with other areas such as Eye movement. His Anxiety disorder research focuses on subjects like Phobias, which are linked to Fainting.

His Clinical psychology research includes elements of Social relation, Basic science, Cognitive psychology and Cognitive science. Ronald A. Kleinknecht undertakes multidisciplinary studies into Psychiatry and General psychopathology in his work. Ronald A. Kleinknecht has researched Psychometrics in several fields, including Memoria, Structured interview and Autobiographical memory, Recall.

Between 1995 and 2012, his most popular works were:

  • Cultural factors in social anxiety: a comparison of social phobia symptoms and Taijin kyofusho. (188 citations)
  • Disgust sensitivity and contamination fears in spider and blood-injection-injury phobias. (148 citations)
  • The role of pain anxiety, coping, and pain self-efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis patient functioning. (101 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Anxiety
  • Social psychology
  • Psychiatry

His main research concerns Anxiety disorder, Anxiety, Self-concept, Physical therapy and Coping. His study in Anxiety disorder is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Phobias and Blood phobia. His Self-concept study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Construal level theory, Taijin kyofusho, Social environment and Shyness.

His research on Construal level theory frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Social anxiety. Many of his research projects under Physical therapy are closely connected to Rheumatoid arthritis and Arthritis with Rheumatoid arthritis and Arthritis, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. Coping and Self-efficacy are commonly linked in his work.

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Best Publications

Origins and Characteristics of Fear of Dentistry

Ronald A. Kleinknecht;Robert K. Klepac;Leib D. Alexander.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1973)

935 Citations

Cultural factors in social anxiety: a comparison of social phobia symptoms and Taijin kyofusho.

Ronald A. Kleinknecht;Dale L. Dinnel;Erica E. Kleinknecht;Natsuki Hiruma.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders (1997)

351 Citations

The assessment of dental fear

Ronald A. Kleinknecht;Douglas A. Bernstein.
Behavior Therapy (1978)

327 Citations

Factor analysis of the dental fear survey with cross-validation

Ronald A. Kleinknecht;Robert M. Thorndike;F. Dudley McGlynn;Jill Harkavy.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1984)

266 Citations

Disgust sensitivity and contamination fears in spider and blood-injection-injury phobias.

Craig N Sawchuk;Jeffrey M Lohr;David F Tolin;Thomas C Lee.
Behaviour Research and Therapy (2000)

233 Citations

Neuropsychological deficits associated with alcoholism. A review and discussion

Ronald A. Kleinknecht;Steven G. Goldstein.
Quarterly journal of studies on alcohol (1972)

222 Citations

A review of the effects of diazepam on cognitive and psychomotor performance.

Ronald A. Kleinknecht;David Donaldson.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1975)

183 Citations

Antecedents of dental fear.

Douglas A. Bernstein;Ronald A. Kleinknecht;Leib D. Alexander.
Journal of Public Health Dentistry (1979)

177 Citations

The role of pain anxiety, coping, and pain self-efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis patient functioning.

Carolyn Strahl;Ronald A Kleinknecht;Dale L Dinnel.
Behaviour Research and Therapy (2000)

154 Citations

Blood/injury fear, fainting and avoidance of medically-related situations: a family correspondence study.

Ronald A. Kleinknecht;Joseph Lenz.
Behaviour Research and Therapy (1989)

152 Citations

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